Consumers to be given time to comply with Ministry order
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has brought in an amendment to its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order 2000 making the Unique Identification Number (UID) under the Aadhaar project must for availing LPG refills.
The move is aimed at preventing multiple connections and availing cylinders in third party name and to clean up the LPG consumer base, as the government was spending heavily on subsidising the domestic LPG cylinders.
With people not showing keen interest in availing the UID or Aadhaar cards, the move of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is expected to increase the enrolment for Aadhaar.
The Ministry in its circular dated October 13, 2011 has announced the amendment to the LPG Regulation of Supply and Distribution order 2011. The Ministry's decision to make Petroleum Corporations sensitise distributors on Aadhaar card for availing refills has been published in the Gazette of India vide notification dated September 26.
The order has come into effect from the date of publication of the gazette notification.
The decision to make Aadhaar UID mandatory has been taken by exercising powers conferred under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act of 1955 (10 of 1955).
The amended order reads as follows: No distributor of a Government Oil Company shall supply LPG cylinder to any household unless the head of such a household furnishes Aadhaar number of each member of his or her household to the distributor within three months from the date of notification of such area.
Notification of such area means an area notified for enrolment for availing Aadhaar number. Many major towns in Western Tamil Nadu came under Aadhaar enrolment notification in June and July of 2011.
Officials of the Oil Corporations in Western Tamil Nadu when contacted said that distributors had been asked to sensitise consumers on the need for availing the Aadhar number at the earliest for availing uninterrupted supply of LPG refill.
Consumers will be given reasonable time to comply with the directive.
Keywords: LPG supply, Aadhaar card
there is no point in making it mandatory for lpg issue since many districts in tamilnadu has not been issued with aadhar card/number. can anybody produce a document when the same has not been issued at all.
Dear Sirs, I think the government can introduce another rule to produce your Aadhaar card even to get your monthly salary from your employer!. Can we destroy our Ration cards after receiving the Aadhaar cards? as nowadays one cannot afford to maintain TWO Wives. Krishnamoorthy
Why should I go for Aadhar card when I have several ids including passport...have we
not lived with ration card as if all these years? Govt is getting rotten day by day,
making avenues for fresh corruption to happen. Has the bill been passed by
parliament on UID as yet? Important concern is UID is going to destroy the age old
public distribution system.
Where and how to apply Aadhar card for Pallavaram area (Kancheepuram District)
I don't see any reason why NRI is making fuss about this arrangement. In our country each and every rule brought by the beauracrats is to make money. If you pay extra 50 Rs, even the CEO of oil company will deliver the cylinder to your door step with utmost respect, in a highly corrupted India. All rules and laws is only to torture the havenot's not for rich people.
Making UID cards mandatory is not fair because the ration card which is a valid document has been in force to get an authorised domestic connection. Further, why make the life of the comman man and the regular honest tax assesse all the more complicate ?
Aadhar card should have language of choice of the people and not Hindi alone. This should not be used as another political or discriminatory tool by the central government.
really the government is harassing the old people, sick people and those who are tenants having no registered rent agreement but having unregistered rent agreement. .
Aadhar card issuing authorities should be join a position to utilise the list of residents with election commision authorities and the aadhar prepared in accordance with that in advance and and requestthe residents to come and collect it. Under any circumstances the culture of come-tommorow should be avoided by concerned authorities,and avoid putting elders in difficulties.
Whats the difference between Aadhar & UID? (This is the state of affairs in the common man's mindset now). Advertisements on a major scale is needed before implementing any new laws. Common man should not be affected. Why not government embrace the power of IT? So, people can still carry on their normal lives and also complete the formalities to get this card be it UID or Aadhar or Ration or PAN or Aavin card or whatever.
Govt. very slow and not much interested in making public for Aadhar. How many advts are released for Aadhar ?. First move should be made by the GOVT for publishing this and it should be made mandate.Very good initiative taken by govt. but very less awarness in public because no one knows where we get this and how to get it and what are the advantage or necessity of getting this cards.
It is not known whether Aadhaar number is being issued to Chennai city and if so who is to be contacted. Such details are not known to public through media or not even posted in Aadhaar web site. It appears if this trend continues, it may take several years to issue Aadhaar number to all Indians.
govt should give more information and arrange for awarness programme before implementing for any availment of the commodities.
As an NRI who comes home on vacation once a year, where would I get my gas cylinder from? To have to get an Adhaar card first and then book for a cylinder refill would delay my first cup of coffee by a few days if not weeks. Is there no other way to identify the abusers of the system?
How would this affect the new pricing policy touted where customers need to pay a higher price for LPG cylinders beyond the subsidized quota? Do we still need Adhaar cards for that as well? The more control you bring into the system, the more prone we become to corruption in a country like ours.
Here we go again! What is wrong with the oil marketing companies - why do they keep inventing new ways to harass the consumers? The trouble we were all put to a few years ago when they insisted on ration cards to identify 'genuine' user is still fresh in my mind because it involved running from pillar to post to get a ration card just to make a cup of coffee! and now this when it is not mandatory. Can they first cut down the number of free cylinders and connections given to all MLAs and MPs? That should make plenty available to all of us - common, tax-paying citizens without strings and 'connections'!
I had fixed up appointments for my Aadhar Card with M/s Kary Consultants, T Nagar Chennai for the 15th Sept. When I went to their office at the scheduled time with my wife, they informed me that there were some technical issues and would call us back after 3-4 days. It is one and a hlaf months since and we are yet to be called. This is the state of affairs of the project. The Government is doing its maximum to inconvenience the common man. We suffer in silence.
The report would have been more complete if only the details of the areas in Tamil Nadu,so far notified, had been listed out. Can you please carry this information in your publication ?
The process of taking the sick and very old people to Aadhaar centres is going to be an extremely difficult task. Hence Aadhaar numbers should not be insisted upon for the gas connections owned by them .
Sir, Recently only Aadhaar card is being spoken and hardly a very few are aware of this card. The Government has not taken swift action to educate the importance of this in urban areas, how could they effective action against LPG refill supply. It is going to create hardship to the public at large. Like Ration card Government should go about canvassing house to house before implementing action.
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